Governor Allred Meets County Officials In Whimseys
WHIMSEYS UWALDF SEPT. 26 Governor James V Allred after a visit in John Garner home walks into a county official office introducing himself as Jimmy Allred The official replies mine is Mussolini before being convinced he is Texas governor. Other items: a Kansas City court joke about a 9 14 pound daughter and a Chicago custody scene with eight children.
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Uwaldf
James V. Allred
John Garner
Jimmy Allred
Mussolini
Kansas City
U.P
Carl Lehmer
Thomas V. Holland
Amarillo Weather and Bonus Debate at National Convention
At the American Legion convention in St Louis delegates urged immediate cash payment of the soldiers bonus. Representative Patman faced booing for inflationary payment ideas while the committee favored non inflationary certificates. Amarillo awoke to a sharp cold spell with 52 degrees early, falling further by noon under drizzle and a three day outlook.
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St. Louis
National Convention of the American Legion
Wright Patman
Texas
Roosevelt
Patman
Legislative Committee
Clash at Oyler School Over Baer Louis Fight Sparks Violence
In Cincinnati on September 26, hundreds of pupils and parents clashed near Oyler grade school as white and black students fought with rocks and sticks over the Baer Louis boxing match. Police intervened, escorting parents to safety after injuries were limited.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Baer-Louis
Oyler
Max Baer
Joe
League Gives Italy Three Month Wait Before War
The League of Nations council announced that Italy and Ethiopia cannot start hostilities before December 4 without breaking the covenant, creating a de facto act of war if aggression begins sooner. France and Britain backed strict covenant enforcement as Emperor Haile Selassie granted France 180 white troops to safeguard the Addis Ababa to Djibouti railroad.
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
Italy
Ethiopia
League of Nations
League Building
Council
France
Premier Laval
Great Britain
Laval
Austria
Haile Selassie
Rome
Addis Ababa
League Council
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Deridawa
Djibouti
Mooney Frame-Up Accusation Emerges in Cal Habeas Case
In San Francisco the Mooney case returns to court as Israel Weinberg testifies a Cleveland man named Martin Swanson offered a frame up scheme and a $5000 reward to convict Mooney. Mooney and co defendant Warren K Billings listen as the hearing unfolds.
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Thomas J. Mooney
California
Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Israel Weinberg
Public Utility Company
Mooney Weinberg
Cleveland, Ohio
Martin Swanson
Weinberg
Swanson
United Railways
Legionnaires Weigh Final Convention Votes in St Louis
The American Legionnaire ends its seventeenth annual convention as members decide on the soldiers bonus national commander race and prepare to depart. After three days of sessions in St Louis the gathering closes with final votes and travel plans.
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ST. Louis
American Legionnaire
Allow Holders Of U S Bonds To Cash Them Privilege Granted
Washington sept 26 holders of nearly 8 billion dollars in United States government gold obligations may redeem them at face value before January 1 1936. The Treasury acts under a congressional joint resolution prohibiting suits by security holders to recover the gold, allowing dollar for dollar redemption on the present gold dollar basis before maturity.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Congress
Fine New Jail Mussolini Proceeds Easy To Buy
Arthur Brisbane notes Mussolini’s reforms and a new concrete jail opened near Addis Ababa replacing the old facility. The piece reflects on Ethiopian news amid other global tensions and commentary on the day’s events.
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Arthur Brisbane
King Features Syndicate, Inc. International
New Jail
Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
von Wiegand
Roosevelt Heads West For Vacation Amid Recovery Focus
President Roosevelt, after three days of work reviewing the New Deal recovery program, clears his desk and plans a cross country trip to the West Coast and a Pacific sea vacation. He will depart tonight on a special train with a skeletal executive staff and news crew, with itinerary to be released at train time.
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Frederick A. Storm
Washington
Roosevelt
West Coast
Pacific
Senator J Hamilton Lewis Relapses With Pneumonia
In Moscow on September 26 Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, hospitalized with bronchial pneumonia, suffered a relapse. Doctors warned the infection may be spreading from the right to the left lung, with a small lower-lobe area affected. Temperature rose modestly but heart action remained strong according to Dr. Adolph Rumreich.
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Moscow
J Hamilton Lewis
Adolph 8. Rumreich
U. S
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with colder temperatures. West Texas mostly fair and colder, southeast portion cooler. New Mexico unsettled tonight and Friday with rain in north and east portions, cooler southeast tonight. Temperatures ranged 50 to 52 degrees today with 0.1 inch of precipitation in the last 24 hours.
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Panhandle
Higgins
Waynoka
Oklo
Stratford
Boise City
Follette
Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Meet in Crystal Ballroom
Mayor Ross D Rogers welcomes delegates for the semi annual convention in the Crystal Ballroom Herring Hotel at 9 am tomorrow. About 500 visitors expected. registration at 5 30 pm in the hotel lobby. Events include a barbecue at Jack Hall Ranch at noon and a banquet with a dance to follow. Speakers are Col E O Thompson at 3 30 pm and Judge E L Pitts at 2 pm on current topics.
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West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association
Herring Hotel
J. N. Riggs
New Roots
Fohr Maynard Lbr. Co
Hering Hotel
Jack Hall Ranch
Crystal Ballroom
Col. E.O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
E. L. Pitts
Lubbock
Severe Storm Near Jamaica Threatens Western Cuba
Pan American Airways was advised of a severe storm near Jamaica that could strike the coast of western Cuba, according to a United Press report from New York dated September 26.
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U.P
Pan- American Airways
Jamaica
Cuba
Mother Consents to Operation of Her Ill Daughter
Perth Amboy, N. J., Sept 26 A 16 year old girl Margaret Kerston with ruptured appendix and peritonitis underwent immediate surgery at Perth Amboy General Hospital after her mother Anna Kerston relented under pressure from relatives, priests, police, physicians and FERA workers. Dental and surgical teams prepared and the operation proceeded.
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C. P Shook
Justice of the Peace
G. W. Hardin
Perth Amboy
N. J
Margaret Kerston
Perth Amboy General Hospital
Margaret
William McCormick
Anna Kerston
Joseph Gutowski
FERA
FCC examiner accuses AT&T of limited cooperation
Federal Communications Commission official Paul A. Walker says AT and T cooperates only when required in the $750000 governmental probe of the telephone business. Walker leads the commission’s telephone division and has reviewed Bell system operations since early spring as Congress funded one of the era’s largest investigations.
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U.P
Federal Communications
Paul A. Walker
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New Deal
Walker
Commission
Bell Telephone System
Congress
Rites Friday for Mrs. Rilla Huffman
Mrs. Rilla Huffman 65 dies after long illness at home. Funeral at 2 PM Friday from 602 Johnson Street with Dr. C. Grimes officiating. Burial in Liaro Cemetery under Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home. Survived by husband Joe Huffman a son W. L. Huffman of Camden Missouri a daughter Mrs. J. L. Pryor of Amarillo a brother G. L. Burnett of Excelsior Springs and a sister Mrs. F. W. Creed of Independence Missouri.
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Johnson Street
C. ©. Grimes
Polk Street Methodist Church
Liaro Cemetery
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Huffman
Joe Huffman
W. L. Huffman
Camden, Mo
JL. W. Pryor
Amarillo
G. L. Burnett
Excelsior Springs
F. W. Creed
Independence, Mo
War Shelter for Pope Pius Planned in Vatican City
Vatican City reports say a gasproof underground shelter will be built beneath the Vatican gardens to protect Pope Pius XI, the cardinals, soldiers, and civilians. The refuge will connect to the papal palace by concealed corridors, recalling medieval fortress traditions.
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Vatican City
Vatican State
Vatican Building Department
Papal State
Vatican Gardens
Papal Palace
Pius XI
Angel
Make or Break for Coal Strike Nearing Deadlock
Washington September 26 Phillip Murray vice president of United Mine Workers said the negotiations would make or break the long deadlock over a new wage scale. He noted a definite statement by nightfall after sessions began with three other committee members including two operators and a second union representative.
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Washington
Phillip Murray
United Mine Workers
Murray
Fourman
Woman's Sorrows Told In Gibbons Trial
In 47th District Court Mrs Jimmie A Gibbons 41 stands trial for assault with intent to murder husband Joe Gibbons after a April 20 shooting in their kitchen. Dr E E Reeves testified the bullet remains buried in the victim's head. Witnesses said the act stemmed from years of following him and desertion fears amid Pellagra and near starvation. Social worker Dixie Harrison testified kitchen was barren of food and that the family lived in a cramped apartment with several adults. Gibbons family members attended as the husband described his wife as a good wife though she nagged.
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Jimmie A. Gibbons
Joe Gibbons
Gibbons
Dixie Harrison
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